Full Description
Originally published in 1897, this book was written to provide both archaeologists and visitors with an accessible guide to Greek vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum: 'to publish and make accessible to archaeologists a record of the vases it contains, and to assist the visitor, and more especially the student in observing the history and technique of Greek vase-painting'. The text contains illustrations of every vase in the collection, except those that reproduce well-known and common types; these illustrations replace lengthy description and allow for easy identification of subject and style. This is a beautifully presented book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, archaeology and Greek vases.
Contents
Preface; Introduction; 1. Primitive island pottery; 2. Mycenaean pottery; 3. Geometrical style; 4. So-called Proto-Corinthian'; 5. Ordinary 'Corinthian ware'; 6. Rhodian pottery; 7. Black-figured vases, design and ornament covering whole surface of vase; 8. Black-figured vases, hydriae and amphorae, with design in panel; 9. Cylices - black figured; 10. Red-figured cylices; 11. Lecythi, black-figured on red ground; 12. Lecythi, outline and polychrome painting on white ground; 13. Alabastra, with white ground; 14. Lecythi, with red figures; 15. Oval-bodied lecythi; 16. Miniature jugs, probably toys; 17. Oenochoae; 18. Nolan amphorae; 19. Pyxis, red figured; 20. Oval lecythi, plain; 21. Various; 22. Vases without figures, mostly covered with black varnish; 23. Black wares, with ornamentation in white or other pigments over black; 24. Moulded bowls, megara class; 25. Vases with impressed patterns; 26. Vases from Italy, Sicily, &c.; 27. Sardinian; 28. Italy; 29. Early Italian; 30. South Italian vases, red-figured; 31. Vases, with white or coloured ornamentation over black ground; 32. Table case: fragments from Naucratis; Indices: I. Artists' signatures; II. Other painted inscriptions; III. Inscriptions referring to figures; IV. Graffiti; V. Subjects represented.
